At
the LORD’s command, Moses sends out 12 rulers of Israel to scope out Canaan. I
never noticed before that these 12 are rulers/princes [aysn nasiy'] and heads [var
ro'sh] of Israel. Keep that in mind.
1.
of Reuben, Shammua the son of
Zaccur.
2.
of Simeon, Shaphat the son of
Hori.
3.
of Judah, Caleb the son of
Jephunneh.
4.
of Issachar, Igal the son of
Joseph.
5.
of Ephraim, Oshea the son of
Nun.
6.
of Benjamin, Palti the son of
Raphu.
7.
of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of
Sodi.
8.
of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of
Susi.
9.
of Dan, Ammiel the son of
Gemalli.
10. of Asher, Sethur the son of
Michael.
11.
of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of
Vophsi.
12.
of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
Manasseh and Ephraim are the 2 tribes from Joseph. Moses didn’t
send out a Levite on the expedition. Here are the meanings of their names.
1.
Renowned the son of Mindful.
2.
He Hath Judged the son of Cave Dweller.
3.
Dog the son of He Will Be Facing.
4.
He Redeems the son of Jehovah Has Added.
5.
Salvation the son of Fish/Posterity.
6.
My Deliverance the son of Healed.
7.
God Is My Fortune the son of Acquaintance.
8.
My Fortune the son of My Horse.
9.
My Kinsman Is God the son of Camel Driver.
10. Hidden the son of Who Is Like God.
11.
Hidden the son of Rich.
12.
Majesty of God the son of Decrease.
We
don’t need to draw any great spiritual meaning from their names. I just think
names and the meanings of names are cool.
Moses
nicknames Oshea Jehoshua, or “Jehovah
is Salvation.” We know him as Joshua.
Moses
sends out the 12 to spy on the land. He tells them to be of good courage [qzx chazaq] and to bring back samples. It’s grape
season.
They
check out Flat Place and Broad Place near Fortress. They go to Association
where the children of Anak live. They go to Cluster and get a cluster of grapes
so large that two carried it on a staff. They also bring pomegranates and figs.
They search the land for forty days.
They
return for “show and tell.” It’s a place flowing with milk and honey.
But.
Most
of the 12 men freak at the walled cities and size of the people. In verse 30,
only Caleb speaks positively.
30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up
at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
The other leaders that went say the inhabitants
are like giants and they seemed to themselves like grasshoppers in comparison. The
people feed off the lack of faith of their leaders:
14:1
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept
that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and
against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had
died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! 3
And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword,
that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to
return into Egypt?
4 And they said one to another,
Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
Here
we go again. Sigh.
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